Product Description

What does travelling on a bus mean to you? Waiting at a bus stop on a grey day, with nothing to look at but the timetable? Sitting on a bus and gazing at the traffic, or the advertisements for insurance? Published in association with Arriva buses, this is a collection of poems intended for everyone - especially for those brave enough to leave their cars at home. The poems featured include works by Matthew Arnold, William Blake, Burns, Byron, Clare, Hardy, Masefield, Shelley, Tennyson, Walt Whitman and many modern poets, as well as poems submitted by members of the public.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1525518 in Books
• Published on: 2001-09-27
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 108 pages

From the Back Cover
If you're trying to memorize that poem you saw on a bus this morning, here's the solution: Poetry on the Buses, a one-way ticket to taking them all home with you. This is a collection of poems for everyone especially those who have chosen to leave their cars at home.

Here are poems by Matthew Arnold, William Blake, Robert Burns, Byron, John Clare, Thomas Hardy, John Masefield, Shelley, Tennyson, Walt Whitman and a host of modern poets, including a selection submitted by members of the public. In case your next bus is poetry-free, buy of a copy of Poetry on the Buses to see what you're missing.